Chapter 4

Synthesizing Sources: Entering the Conversation

Laura Hillenbrand, from Seabiscuit

•   Transcript of USA Today’s chat with Laura Hillenbrand about Seabiscuit.

Gerald L. Early, from A Level Playing Field

•   A New York Times book review of Gerald L. Early’s A Level Playing Field.

•   An article from Washington University in St. Louis about the timeliness of the 2011 publication of Early’s book.

Steven Pinker, from Words Don’t Mean What They Mean

•   An interview with Steven Pinker conducted by the Guardian.

Steven Pinker, from The Stuff of Thought

•   In a preview of The Stuff of Thought, Steven Pinker looks at language and how it acts as a mode of expression.

•   A Slate article reflecting on the ideas brought up in The Stuff of Thought.

Steven Pinker, from The Evolutionary Social Psychology of Off-Record Indirect Speech Acts

•   A research article on rationales for indirect speech in society.

•   A second research article on the logic of indirect speech.